A new development tool of Facebook can potentially make more fast access to other applications on Android. As pointed out by TechCrunch, has been identified to be a new feature within the Facebook Account Login Kit, a development platform announced last April that allows you to use as login your phone number. These are, in essence, a system of secure authentication two-factor based on SMS, which offers an additional level of security compared to traditional authentication system.
Even if you developed by Facebook, this platform is separate from the social network, that is, those who will use it should not force users to have an account on Facebook. Developers, therefore, can do in the way that users authenticate through the phone number and not with the usual password. The system is simple and allows users to receive via SMS a unique code to use for the login. The novelty is that now, if users have already logged in through the app Facebook for Android, the authentication system will verify if the phone number corresponds to the number entered in the account of the social network. If the system finds the match, it will automatically login without requiring the need of sending the code via SMS.
Facebook has highlighted that this innovation aims to facilitate the login in areas where the telephone network is unstable, and where, therefore, the SMS may get fatigue. This is a interesting news that might actually allow developers to improve the quality of their applications, even if today many programmers still prefer to use the authentication system using the account of the social network rather than to exploit this new platform.
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